Students who plan to transfer to the California State University system (CSU) or the University of California system (UC) are encouraged to pursue a Certificate of Achievement in Liberal Arts. Students are advised to consult with a Counselor to develop your own program of study.

UC or CSU Transfer

Students are encouraged to pursue this certificate if they want to apply to transfer to either the University of California system or the California State University system and want to fulfill lower-division general education requirements by completing the Inter-segmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC). They will select courses that fulfill the IGETC requirements (with a grade of “C” or better in each course), to total 37 transferable semester units (with an overall GPA of 2.0). Upon completion of these requirements they will file both a “Petition for a Certificate of Achievement” and a “Request for General Education or IGETC Certification” with the Admissions and Records Office.

Complete the following requirements:

- Students must complete all courses with grades of “C” or better.

- Students must request IGETC certification from the Office of Admissions and Records, prior to transfer.

- IGETC is not advisable for all transfer students, especially if you are pursuing a major requiring extensive lower-division preparation. Students are advised to consult with a BCC Counselor

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the program will be able to:

- Speak, read, and write clearly and effectively with audience awareness; analyze communications for meaning, purpose, effectiveness, and logic.

- Identify problems/arguments, isolate facts related to arguments, generate multiple solutions to problems, predict consequences, and use evidence and sound reasoning to justify well-informed positions.

- Master college-level computational skills and apply them to concrete problems; demonstrate algorithmic competence appropriate to multiple levels.

- Analyze consequences of actions taken and their impact on society and self; demonstrate collaborative involvement in community interests.

- Identify and explain diverse customs, beliefs, and lifestyles, as well as cultural, historical, and geographical issues that shape perceptions.

- Find, evaluate, use, and communicate information in all its various formats; demonstrate library literacy, research methodology, and technological literacy.

- Analyze own actions and perspectives of other persons and work effectively with others in groups